Prasad Aduri
Mr. Aduri specializes in leading commercial excellence, cost optimization, and technology transformation programs for private equity and corporate clients. He has worked with clients across a range of industries, including industrial, technology, media, telecoms, business services, auto, healthcare, energy, and financial services.
With more than 20 years of experience driving commercial value creation, Mr. Aduri has been involved in defining growth strategies, sales effectiveness, sales incentive redesign, pricing optimization, promotions and discount management, commercialization of services, marketing effectiveness, enablement and value realization through custom AI and ML learning tool development for clients, and program governance. He has led many value improvement programs for clients in North America, Europe, and Asia, as well as serving in interim leadership roles.
Mr. Aduri’s notable assignments for private equity clients include identifying: 9% EBITDA improvement opportunities for a large chemicals business through a commercial and operational excellence assessment; 3.5% EBITDA improvement for a materials handling business through price optimization and discount management; 10% sales growth on addressed revenue for an industrial distributor through a sales effectiveness program; and 6% margin increase for a steel manufacturer through pricing and cost increase pass-through. He has also led several turnarounds and commercial and operational diligence for enterprise and private equity clients.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Aduri served as one of the leaders of AlixPartners’ Pricing practice and led consulting engagement with Houlihan Lokey and other top-tier financial services and technology consulting firms. He also led mobile strategy and product development programs at JPMorgan Chase.
Mr. Aduri earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Warangal, India, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.